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UN TED ST T S PAT NT OFFICE.

JOSHUA A. HADLEY, OF BRAZIL, INDIANA, ASS IeNoR or ONE-HALF TO RUFUS L.KENNEDY, or SAME PLACE.

FLUE-STOP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 509,307, dated November21, 1893.

Application filed May 6,1893.

Serialll'o. 4731256. (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOSHUA A. HADLEY, a; citizen of the United States,and a resident of Brazil, in the county of Clay and State of Indiana,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Flue-Stops; and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, which will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying 1drawings, which form a part of this specificaion.

My invention relates to improvements in flue stops or devices forclosing the stove pipe holes in chimneys when the pipes are removed andto fasteners for securing the same in place.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination ofparts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a sectional view of a portionof a chimney showing my improved flue stop in position and held in placeby means of the fastener. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the fastenerdetached. l 1

The reference numeral 1 designates the flue stop consisting of a shortsection of stove pipe of the right diameter to fit the flue, cut away atits front orinner end, as seen at 3, and.

provided with a cap 4., at its outer end, having a knob 5. This fluestop is intended to be inserted in the fine or stove pipe opening of achimney, when the said pipe is removed therefrom, as in warm weatherwhen the stove is'not in use. By reason of the cut away inner end of thestop, any soot or dirt falling down the chimney will be caught in thestop and is removed with the stop when the is withdrawn from theopening.

The numeral 6 designates the fastener consisting of a spring metal platehaving one end bent at a slight angle and formed with'an aperture forthe passage of a screw bolt -7, also passing through an aperture in thepipe and provided with a nut 8, for securing it in place. As will beseen in Fig. 1 the free end of this plate projects away from the pipesome distance and is bent outwardly at a right angle forming a lug 9 andagain at a right angle forming a lug 10.

The operation will be readily understood: The stop or pipe is insertedin the flue opening and will be held securely therein by frictionalcontact of the fastener with the wall of said opening. The lug '9 actsas a stop for the pipe by engaging with the outer edge of said openingso as to prevent the pipe from being pushed too far in the opening.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is The combination withaflue stop consisting latter of a short section of pipe cut away on abeveled line at its inner end forming a scoop and provided with ,a caphaving a knob, of the fastener consisting of the spring plate secured toone edge of said pipe and its other end bent outwardly at a right angleforming a stop limiting the movement of the pipe in a fine opening,substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereuntoaffixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSHUA A. HADLEY.

Witnesses; v

GEORGE H. ll/IORGEL, THOMAS M. ROBERTSON.

